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• Foreword
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Sustainable
  • * M2.1 Sustainable Development Objectives
  • * M2.2 Minerals Sterilisation
• Chapter 3 Environmental
  • * M3.1 Information in support of planning applications
  • * M3.2 Planning obligations
  • * M3.3 Visual intrusion
  • * M3.4 Screening
  • * M3.5 Noise
  • * M3.6 Blasting
  • * M3.7 Dust
  • * M3.8 Water environment
  • * M3.9 Flooding
  • * M3.10 Associated industrial development
  • * M3.11 Removal of associated industrial development
  • * M3.12 Highways safety and protection
  • * M3.13 Vehicular movements
  • * M3.14 Vehicular routeing
  • * M3.15 Bulk transport
  • * M3.16 Protection of best and most versatile agricultural land
  • * M3.17 Biodiversity
  • * M3.18 Special Areas of Conservation
  • * M3.19 Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  • * M3.20 Regional and local designated sites
  • * M3.21 Protected species
  • * M3.22 Landscape character
  • * M3.23 Mature landscape areas
  • * M3.24 Archaeology
  • * M3.25 Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
  • * M3.26 Public access
  • * M3.27 Cumulative Impact
• Chapter 4 Reclamation
  • * M4.1 Phasing
  • * M4.2 Phasing – details required
  • * M4.3 Soil conservation and use of soil making materials
  • * M4.4 Landscape treatment
  • * M4.5 Reclamation with fill – long term schemes
  • * M4.6 Reclamation with inert fill – small scale schemes
  • * M4.7 Interim reclamation schemes
  • * M4.8 Reclamation proposals for existing sites
  • * M4.9 Aftercare
  • * M4.10 After-use – details required and objectives
  • * M4.11 After-use – management and other agreements
  • * M4.12 Agricultural after-use
  • * M4.13 Heathland and acid grassland after-use
  • * M4.14 Reclamation schemes and geological sites
  • * M4.15 Minerals review and submission of proposals
• Chapter 5 Mineral Exploration
  • * M5.1 Mineral exploration
  • * M5.2 Deep boreholes in sensitive areas
  • * M5.3 Retention of haul roads and hard standing
• Chapter 6 Sand and Gravel
  • * M6.1 Archaeological resource area - South Muskham
  • * M6.2 Sand and gravel landbank
  • * M6.3 Sand and gravel extraction in unallocated land
  • * M6.4 Attenborough Plant environmental improvements
  • * M6.5 Hoveringham (Bleasby) allocation
  • * M6.6 Gunthorpe allocation
  • * M6.7 Rampton allocation
  • * M6.8 Sturton le Steeple allocation
  • * M6.9 Lound allocation
  • * M6.10 Misson (Finningley) allocation
  • * M6.11 Newington allocation
  • * M6.12 Misson grey sand – area of search
• Chapter 7 Sherwood Sandstone
  • * M7.1 Sherwood Sandstone landbank
  • * M7.2 Sherwood Sandstone extraction in unallocated land
  • * M7.3 Rufford Colliery sand quarry allocation
  • * M7.4 Scrooby Top allocation
  • * M7.5 Carlton Forest sand quarry allocation
  • * M7.6 Silica Sand landbank
• Chapter 8 Limestone
  • * M8.1 Aggregate limestone provision
  • * M8.2 Non-aggregate limestone provision
• Chapter 9 Secondary and Recycled Aggregates
  • * M9.1 Stockpiling of dredgings
  • * M9.2 Re-excavation of tipped dredgings
• Chapter 10 GYPSUM
  • * M10.1 Underground gypsum mining – surface support
  • * M10.2 Gypsum mining – safeguarded area at Costock
  • * M10.3 Bantycock allocation
• Chapter 11 CLAY
  • * M11.1 Kirton allocation
  • * M11.2 Dorket Head – future provision
  • * M11.3 New brickworks and clay pits
• Chapter 12 COAL
  • * M12.1 Coal development
  • * M12.2 New deep coal mines
  • * M12.3 Colliery spoil disposal
  • * M12.4 Colliery spoil disposal - use of filter presses
  • * M12.5 Colliery spoil disposal - national evaluative framework
  • * M12.6 Reworking of colliery spoil tips
  • * M12.7 Opencast coal constraint areas
  • * M12.8 Opencast coal – incidental mineral extraction
• Chapter 13 Oil, Coalbed Methane and Mine Gas
  • * M13.1 Oil exploration
  • * M13.2 Oil appraisal
  • * M13.3 Oil production
  • * M13.4 Coalbed methane extraction
  • * M13.5 Extraction of mine gas
  • * M13.6 Boreholes – conflicts with other underground mineral resources
  • * M13.7 Reclamation of oil and methane sites
• Chapter 14 Incidental Mineral Extraction and Borrow Pits
  • * M14.1 Incidental mineral extraction
  • * M14.2 Irrigation lagoons
  • * M14.3 Borrow pits
• Appendix 1 Index of Minerals Local Plan Policies
• Appendix 2 Policy Guidance